Late last month, I made a loaf of the buttermilk bread from Baking with Julia. It was the challenge for the week chosen by the Tuesdays with Dorie bakers and despite baking it on time, I never posted my photos.
The original recipe calls for making it in a bread machine and even though we actually own one, I chose to make it using my kitchen aid mixer. One thing I noticed is that the dough did not need the full amount of flour called for in the recipe and I left out about half of a cup. 
One of my favorite types of bread is Japanese Hokkaido Milk Bread. The tall loaves are actually made of smaller loaves placed side by side in the pan. Once baked, you can separate them into smaller pieces. Because there is just the two of us here, I chose to make my loaf into three smaller loaves.
After the loaf cooled, I pulled it apart and froze two pieces for later. The texture was so nice and fluffy and it had wonderful flavor. We ate it all pretty quickly, it made fantastic sandwiches! This is definitely a loaf worth making again and if you haven’t made it yet, I highly recommend giving it a go-just add the flour cautiously, you may not need it all.
The day I made the loaf was one of those days that I had a list of things to do that was as long as I am tall. Taking a lot of photos was not an option and I had to make do with what was in front of me rather than styling the photo. Rather than drag bounce cards and tripod out, I took an empty box of cereal and clipped a binder page to it to reflect the light.
To see what the other bakers made on this rewind day, visit the website!
will garden for cake 
I love your behind-the-scenes look at quick photo styling! And your bread looks beautiful. I like the idea of making smaller loaves in that way.
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Thanks Teresa!
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Delicious looking bread and I too come up with last minute ways to make my photos look better all the time…using whatever is on hand to help me with light. Fun!
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I was in a hurry and grabbed a box from the pile of stuff headed out to the recycle bin-it worked!
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Your loaves look beautiful and (having taken a look at the buttermilk episode of baking with Julia) very very challenging and quite a feat without a bread machine. Your photos look beautiful and effortless so it’s fun to see that there is some care you have to put in that.
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Summer the loaf was rather easy to make without a bread machine-we have on but I don’t like to use it and will use my stand mixer instead. You should give it a try, you would enjoy making it!
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I think your photos look great, as does your bread. I liked this one, too, and am happy I still have a couple of pieces in the freezer. Next time I want to make little loaves like yours!
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Thanks Steph! Shaping the bread that way is one of my favorite methods-I first saw it when I was in a Korean Bakery in Atlanta.
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